Hungarian Government Approves Natl Workplace Safety Policy
- 30 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
Deputy state secretary Attila István Simon said that there were 14,062 workplace accidents over the first nine months this year, 50 of which were fatal.
Most accidents (5,351) occurred in manufacturing, followed by transportation and warehousing (1,745) and trade and the motor vehicle repair industry (1,555), he said.
The field of agriculture has seen 16 fatalities so far this year, he added. The 12,508 workplace safety reviews conducted so far this year have revealed irregularities in 80 percent of workplaces, Simon said.
Fines handed out by authorities for the irregularities over the first nine months totalled 86.5 million forints, he added.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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